When one member of my family reads something in one of his magazines that interests him, he tears the pages out and saves them to study later. I then find them lying all over the house - little folded up pages that he doesn't even remember reading. This blog is inspired by one of those little folded up pages. U S News & World Report published this article on February 12, 2007. It involves a discussion of personal finances and retirement planning, especially for the young. It also gives a list of blogs where interested people can ask questions and participate in discussions on personal finances.
AllFinancialMatters.com
ConsumerismCommentary.com
FreeMoneyFinance.com
2MillionBlog.com
MoneyBlogNetwork.com
TiredButHappy.blogspot.com
seniorcare-dc.blogspot.com
Mellody Hobson is a financial consultant for the morning television program Good Morning America. She has a discussion regarding retirement saving which may force her listeners to face hard facts. Many people who are close to retirement age have no savings and no idea how much money they will need to save in order to just get by. A question and answer session with Mellody Hobson also addresses this issue.
In my opinion, no one should ever retire. What does anyone do when there is no job to go to anymore? Instant boredom! But, if you listen to Dennis Hopper, retirement is something the baby boomer generation should look forward to and be excited about. Retirement seems to be a popular topic with younger people as well.. Generation -Xers, who will not be retiring for years, are being urged to plan ahead and begin saving now.
There are books at the Nashua Public Library to help make retirement and retirement saving more managable. They can provide that optomistic outlook which is lacking in so much of the information about retirement.
The Number by Lee Eisenberg
Retire worry-free by Kiplinger's
Get a life : you don't need a million to retire well by Ralph Warner
The retirement catch-up guide by Ellen Hoffman
The Grangaard Strategy : invest right during retirement by Paul Grangaard
So, if you are excited about retirement, good luck. The rest of us will just keep on working!